| 单词 | sightly |
| 例句 | Viwe was a sightly but shy girl who stayed close to her mother’s hip as she gave me a quick hug. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Today, the sightly Emmanuel Episcopal Church, located on a bluff overlooking downtown, is situated where Fort Cumberland once stood. History buffs trace the steps of a young George Washington through the DMV 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Series director Mike Davis adds: “We were sightly worried about how he might get into the sub.” Great Barrier Reef could be David Attenborough's last 'proper' documentary 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The couple’s apartment, a corner unit in a large, modern building in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, provides a sightly path through his past and present lives. The Political Power of Art 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z As the seemingly infinite IPO cash tsunami receded, it revealed the city’s less sightly realities that accumulated during the tech boom: homelessness, addiction, deficient public services. Opinion: Downtown San Francisco had a good run. Can it recover? 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Best extras: Criterion, known for a generous supply of bonus content for each of its releases, sightly under delivers here with only a trio of featurettes. Blu-ray movie review: ‘Defending Your Life’ 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z As one of the sightlier parts of Northern California, with its majestic oaks and gaudy colors, Napa has some of the highest real estate prices in America and some of its most expensive hotel rooms. The Grapelord of Napa Faces a Threat Worse Than Plague 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z A follow-up tweet from Musk suggesting that similar coverage would be available in Africa by 2020 suggests the sightly off-hand nature of these promises. Elon Musk promises 100 percent Tesla Supercharger coverage in Europe next year 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The requisite exoskeleton that now envelops the stadium somehow makes it less sightly. US Open: Why Arthur Ashe Stadium is the worst sports venue in America 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Sometimes if it looks like a sightly so-so set of hurled-together elite teams and quacks like a sightly so-so set of hurled-together elite teams, well, you get the idea. Sacks of cash, sound and light but how about a real Premier League title race? | Barney Ronay 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z I think in this instance, “sightly” means both “good to look at” and “good to see from.” Seattle founders filled this historic First Hill home 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Ten minutes in Alan, once of Red Bull Salzburg, scored the opener with a header from a corner, to sightly empty cheers. How the English game could learn from the Chinese Super League | Barney Ronay 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The survey also showed firms' output was up from March, albeit sightly below the preliminary results with the latest production increase driven by capital goods producers. Japan final April PMI shows manufacturing activity accelerating, export orders solid 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z The rules only sightly modify companies' practice of withholding chemical identities under the premise that they are proprietary information. Obama’s New Fracking Rules Won't Apply to Majority of U.S. Operations 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Watch enthusiasts may have been hoping for a classically styled circular watch, but Apple ended up unveiling a sightly rectangular one on stage last year. 15 things we learned from The New Yorker's Jony Ive profile 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The newspaper caption reads, in part, “The accompanying halftone is a representation of the new Denny Home … one of the most sightly spots in the city.” Seattle founders filled this historic First Hill home 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Johnson & Johnson’s stock price fell sightly following its Q3 2014 earnings announcement despite the company beating consensus estimates and keeping the full year outlook the same. Market Reaction To Johnson & Johnson's Earnings Is Justified 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z They were concerned about her – she seemed down, sightly troubled, perhaps – but there was no sign of what was going to happen, just hours later, in the same apartment. L'Wren Scott: the mysterious suicide of Mick Jagger's girlfriend 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z The building used for the graceless evil-doers and penniless paupers of this vicinity was not a very sightly object, and its appearance was in keeping with its hideous character. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z St. James’s, Piccadilly, one of the least sightly of brick churches outside, has an interior which exhibits Wren’s skill in a striking degree. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Kipps was arrayed in the completest boating costume, and when his fashionable Panama was discarded and his hair blown into disorder he became, in his white flannels, as sightly as most young men. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z I do not see this sweet and sightly shrub in many modern gardens, and it is our loss. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Once when the lad proposed to pilot him to the peak of Graylock, Hawthorne replied he "did not care to soar so high; the Bellows-Pipe was sightly enough for him." Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z From the inn a lane leads to a sightly summit surmounted by a monument which Dickens called "Andersen's Monument," because it was the resort of that illustrious author while a guest at Gad's Hill. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z The Catalina is long and low, and fronted with a broad veranda, a rather more sightly building than tourist hotels usually are, and its row of windows blazed that night. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z "Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for a more sightly volume was never seen." The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z It did not look a sightly object when he had secured it, but he decided that there was enough of it left to eat. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z This long hair is still sometimes seen and is exceedingly picturesque, especially on horseback, and it is a great pity so sightly a fashion should ever die out. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z In a word, her garden was rich in all that makes one delightful; and so of all the other less sightly but needful departments of her large and well-ordered establishment. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z These mud houses were at times whitewashed and were both comfortable and sightly. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z In March Credit Agricole shares topped €12 each, last week they were only sightly above €6. Credit Suisse warns against investing in Greek banks 2011-08-28T17:39:33Z It would have been strange, however, if they did not occasionally occupy that sightly plateau with their wigwams or huts, while they were laying in a supply of fish. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z I found Mr. Reed in a three-story corner brick house, on one of the most sightly spots in town. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z In both the steam and water heating systems the band or collection of pipes in each room may be covered with ornamental radiating plates, or otherwise treated or arranged to render them sightly and effective. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The place, in fact, was beginning to look quite homelike, with trees and more sightly and comfortable buildings as well. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z Such sightly shapes were too much a commonplace of their deliberate and self-sufficient days, and always passed in haste; as young blood does ever, irrationally enough, having so much time before it, so little patience.... Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z The nucleus of the boarding-house was, as we have said, an old farm-house, which accounted for its not very sightly situation, there in a hollow of the hills. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z The improved appreciation which makes people build sightly homes makes them fill those homes with furniture of respectable design. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z When a fricassée is made for several persons, with two, three, four, or more chickens, three garnitures may be placed around the same dish, and, when carefully and tastefully arranged, it makes a sightly one. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Attempts to patch the Judaistic robe with the new fabric of the gospel could result in nothing more sightly than a hideous rent. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z Labour again takes a more centre left view as it calls for a sightly slower pace, echoing Britain's own Labour party. Nick Clegg provides a model and a warning for Ireland 2011-02-28T20:17:56Z His seat was an old arm-chair, which his daughter had rendered more comfortable and sightly by throwing over it a kaross made of the silver jackal’s akin. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Before dinner we took a walk into the park, along the lakeside and past the château, which is a curious architectural mixture and not very sightly. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z When the jelly is fancifully and tastefully arranged, it makes a sightly dish. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z “Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for a more sightly volume was never seen.” British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z A cabinet, if nicely made, forms a very sightly article of furniture; and, if space can be found for it, is the best and most convenient receptacle. Butterflies and Moths (British) It was not a very sightly shrub, and it marred the wonderful correctness of the lawn no little, but the Major had his reasons for letting it alone. The Man from Jericho Other pieces which are tough but well flavored can, in the hands of an educated cook, be sent to the table as tender, palatable, sightly and nutritious as the prime cuts. The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) Roasted.—Clean, prepare, and truss the duck as a chicken, with the exception that the rump is pushed inside; the duck being much longer than a chicken, it is more sightly when so trussed. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Most of these are worked with blue and red thread, which makes them sightly. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. There was no time to be wasted in facing the stones, which would have made them more sightly, and they had to be used as they were. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens I am quite as rich as the oats," it said; "and, moreover, I am much more sightly. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series He is very sightly in appearance and has a perfect track disposition. History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 To make the dish more sightly, the skin and hair of the lower part of the leg, together with the hoof, are left untouched. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z From the bay Where flows the Tagus to the Indian sea, The sun beholds not, in his annual race, A twelve more sightly, more of manly grace Than tower'd the English knights. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem They were also more sightly than the ill-clad legions of the Third Republic, so the review was a very splendid affair. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Then before the next week she got for Sally a poke bonnet that was both warm and sightly. Maid Sally In him Humor, in holiday and sightly trim, Sublimity and Attic taste combined To polish, furnish, and delight the mind. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The white asparagus sells dearer than the other kinds, but we cannot say that it is on account of its better quality, it is most likely for being more sightly when served. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z The most sightly girls were selected, and educated in the religion and household arts of Portugal, and portioned at the expense of the general. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem We throw sightly flotsam overboard and note the drift that takes the refuse astern. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war His gallant bearing on his horse, the arrogance with which he galloped with firm seat in the saddle, recalled to many the sightly procession of the Panathenaic festival. Sónnica Christmas night, and a prospect like this; it's what I call sightly! The Wooing of Calvin Parks Potatoes cut with a vegetable spoon and fried, make a good as well as a sightly decoration for a dish of meat or of fish. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z The island of Manhattan—with its hills, woods, swamps, ponds, brooks, roads, farms, sightly estates, gardens, and orchards—was dotted with the cantonments and garrisoned forts of the British. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Nearer, we have a steering-guide in her hydroplane, cutting and dancing under the bows and throwing a sightly feather of spray. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war So as no one warned Ben Fordyce, he went gayly forward and hired a couple of nice rooms in a sightly block, and hung out a gilded sign. Money Magic A Novel Located on a sightly peninsula formed by Puget Sound and the Snohomish River. The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists There are objects that require more heat than others, some that are more sightly when brown, and others when of a pale-yellow hue. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z A very similar bird to the last but sightly smaller and lighter below. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Asters make a sightly bed because of the uniform height of each class and because of their blooming at the same time. The Mayflower, January, 1905 And so the wife of Scipio admitted her defeat and yielded the play of all her puny arts, that she might appear sightly in his eyes. The Twins of Suffering Creek It is a city of hills, occupying the sightly eminences, valleys and plateaus lying between Lake Washington and Puget Sound, but sloping gradually to the water's edge in either direction. The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists To make omelets it is excellent; an omelet is whiter and more sightly made with chicken-fat than when made with butter. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z In place of repairing to the somewhat stuffy dining-room at the inn, they had their tea just outside one of the most sightly cottages, and were served by a pretty young girl. John and Betty's History Visit On a very warm day they may be covered all over with moist lettuce leaves; use the green ones that are not so palatable or sightly for garnishing. Sandwiches Surely, if his grandmother wished to cultivate a grand passion, she might have chosen a more sightly object of devotion. Ghetto Comedies It is a substantial and comfortable farm-house, with no pretension to architectural beauty, but, nevertheless, is a sightly object in a pleasant landscape. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier To decorate.—Fish may be decorated with jelly, but it is easier and more sightly with craw-fish. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z It was the name also of another villa belonging to the Borghese, the most sightly of all the boldly seated summer resorts of the nobility at beautiful Frascati. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Many of the smaller and inferior ones were, however, disappearing, even in 1839; and more sightly as well as more commodious buildings were rising up in their place. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. The ash, it seemed, was the tree of her preference; didn’t he think it mighty sightly now when it was just coming into bloom? Judith of the Cumberlands This method gives an exceedingly palatable and very sightly dish if garnished with sweet Spanish peppers that have been boiled until tender. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. The craw-fish when boiled are red like the lobster, and, besides using them with skewers, some may be placed all around the fish; it is delicate eating as well as sightly. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z In two hours you can turn the ice out of the freezer in a round column or loaf that will be quite as sightly as the oblong square one frequently gets from the caterer. Choice Cookery I return the printed description which seems to me admirably calculated to convey instruction in a becoming and sightly way. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. “Uh-huh,” allowed Jephthah, settling his hands on his hips and surveying the yellow pine structure tolerantly; “mighty sightly for them that likes that kind o’ thing. Judith of the Cumberlands If planted at the rear of the house, they answer an excellent purpose in shutting away the view of buildings that are seldom sightly. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover It makes a simple, good, and very sightly dish. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Thornton can get it cured for you at Glen City and it will be a sightly present for your father. The Story of Wool He was a big man and a strong, the sightliest of men and a good skald; and when he was fully grown he fared between sundry lands, and was well accounted of wherever he came. The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 “This is mighty sightly,” said Creed, looking about him musingly; “I do love a moonshiny night.” Judith of the Cumberlands Not only are the defects in the structure concealed, but the material is rendered more sightly and desirable and appears to be more expensive than it really is. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades A dozen silver shells served thus make a sightly and excellent dish. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z On the other side of the valley, nearly opposite, is another large and sightly edifice. The Gold of Chickaree They have found the New Way Crystal Wardrobe the most sightly and compact—having the largest capacity with the greatest ease of operation. Sam Lambert and the New Way Store A Book for Clothiers and Their Clerks Level and sightly, as you can see as soon as the tide's full out. Gold Seekers of '49 Attempts to patch the Judaistic robe of traditionalism with the new fabric of the covenant could result in nothing more sightly than a rending of the fabric. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern If the thickness of jelly is even on both sides and all around, it is much more sightly. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z "Yon is a sightly point for a town," said Warren pointing to Watson's Hill. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims They exist in large herds, and are much more sightly than the animals to which they are compared; their backs are straighter, their heads very handsome, and their fleeces are thick and equal. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals In imagination I pictured myself the owner of a sightly residence surmounted by a spacious observatory, in which was located a magnificent reflector-telescope operated by the newest and nicest mechanism. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice She was not very sightly, certainly, but we thought she would be strong, which was of more importance. Peter the Whaler It certainly makes sightly as well as good dishes for a family dinner. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z My ladder, though not very sightly, was, I hoped, thus made secure. In the Eastern Seas It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky. The Gold Trail The Germans have never been able to harmonize these extremes into a medium of easy formality or sightly smoothness. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life It is very hardy and productive, and is much esteemed for the table on account of its flavour and its sightly appearance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It may be served with a garniture around and decorated with skewers, the same as directed for fillet of beef; it then makes a sightly as well as a delicious dish. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z It did seem as if airmen, who must be brimming like full cups with wine of romance and imagination, ought to have invented sightlier houses for their beloved machines. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley The immediate premises must be kept clean and sightly, and all decaying vegetable and animal matter should be removed. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools A sightly young woman so tremendously busy—it was almost exasperating. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life "It's . . . real sightly country," said Grandma, who felt much better after her rest. Across the Fruited Plain With Fruit.—This dish is excellent, sightly, easily made, and can be varied infinitely. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z If you are in camp and have with you a can of antiphlogistine use that instead of the mud; it is at least more sightly and is equally efficient in reducing inflammation. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls It stands on a little hill, "in a sightly place," as they say in that region, with no shelter of trees around it. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches His house was finally built on a sightly but sheltered spot about halfway below the high point of his land. If You're Going to Live in the Country It did not take us an hour to decide that three thousand feet above the sea, under favorable conditions is quite a sightly place. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 When done, they may be glazed with apple-jelly and put back in the oven for two minutes; the dish is more sightly. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z That series, though not very sightly to the eye, is of extraordinary value for dramatic insight and energy. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art She was ill-favored enough to look at, that hulk—weather-beaten, begrimed, stripped of all that makes a ship sightly. The Blood Ship Yet we feel that we owe it to our neighbors and to the community to make the house sightly. The Complete Home This was a roomy stone house occupying a sightly corner in the West End,—that sharply defined residential area of Vancouver which real estate agents unctuously speak of as "select." Poor Man's Rock A Charlotte of fruit is sightly enough without decorations; it requires some time to make it, but it is worth the trouble, being a handsome as well as a good dish. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z I wanted cement floors and a more sightly building. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm For miles before they came to it, the sightly Newrich edifice gave itself, in different aspects, to the view. The Other Girls It's a sightly old place; I used to go and see Miss Katharine. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches There were other places nearer the cannery than Cradle Bay, if none more sightly, where he could have built a summer house. Poor Man's Rock Several kinds may be served on the same dish as well as one; being of different colors, the dish is more sightly, and quite as good. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z It is fairly far back, and wouldn't have to be a very sightly job. Love Conquers All She saw that he was still either puzzled or confused, but this time he answered plainly, "No—I haven't seen that most sightly cold lady to-day—more's the pity!" The Seeker He was a sightly young man, tall, heavily built, and dressed in garments that would on any human form have won Bean's instant respect. Bunker Bean The old manor house is located on a sightly elevation commanding a varied view of the surrounding hills and fertile valleys; to the northwest are to be seen the foot-hills of Mt. Polly Oliver's Problem You have then a sightly dish, but not better than when served only glazed. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z The sightly head of that youth, graced with a face as beautiful as the Moon, cut off with a razor-headed arrow, looked like a lotus plucked from its stalk. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Tough odds and ends of meat not sightly enough to appear on the table are often wasted. Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) It is a sightly spot and must remind the singer of his own sun lighted atmosphere at home. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers "You look pulled down, too, by Jove!" commented Cressey, concern on his sightly face. Success A Novel A pyramid also may be made, and a sightly one it makes. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z "Well, you've got the place fixed up real sightly," she said. Kit of Greenacre Farm These resorts are popular from their sightly location along the shores of Buzzards Bay. Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts The money Thomas brought home from Michigan, supplemented by the labor of James and himself, had replaced it by a neat frame house, which was much more comfortable and sightly. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield With arms and vestments friends should each other gladden, those which are in themselves most sightly. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson A more sightly and exquisite plate of dessert than a plate of currants dressed thus, cannot be had. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z He seems a very sightly young man, even if he does 'chase caterpillars for a living.' Kit of Greenacre Farm Being so near, we may as well look in for a few moments at the New Coal Exchange opposite Billingsgate Market; a sightly, circular building, of rich interior decoration, that will well repay a visit. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 "She is sightly, I grant ye," said Horace. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod It was in the most desirable neighborhood; there was fishing and boating; the situation was "sightly." Copper Streak Trail The unbaked paste removed from the inside is baked, and makes an excellent cake, though not a sightly one. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z We clambered up the rude bridle-path, covered with loose stones, and knocked timidly, with the remembrance of our Nablous experiences, at the door of a large and very sightly monastery. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Out on the heights, where had been a forest, were sprinkled sightly dwellings in pretty yards. Gordon Keith Right and left a brace of these modest but sightly and habitable-looking foot-hills to the Alps of glass accommodate the executive and staff departments of the exposition. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 He afterwards was porter to King James; seeing as gates generally are higher than the rest of the building, so it was sightly that the porter should be taller than other persons. Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 This cake is as good as it is sightly. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z This is an economical way of using small pieces of dried beef not sightly enough to be served on the table. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" One of the sightliest of these was situated on a little hillock, about half a mile from the sea, which we ascended. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Gay seeming,—if the milliner's Can cheer, the florist's homage sightly; And yet, unless my fancy errs, Thou shudderest slightly. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 Though much damaged in the late invasion, yet this place had several sightly buildings, divided by a large river, with goodly villages and country houses in the environs. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The mixture may also be placed on paper by the spoonful, but they are not as sightly as by means of the pastry-bag. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z The shad should be served on the plank, although not a very sightly object, but it is the proper way to serve it. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Now this most fair and flawless rout, Thronging thousands, as thou dost tell, They must possess, beyond a doubt, A sightly city wherein to dwell. The Pearl It don't look sightly the way it is now, and we shan't use it for crowds any more.' A Diversity of Creatures His home was finer, yet scarcely more sightly and happier than the one large room, which, with its complement of ten children, sire and dame, had still a nook for the needy and friendless stranger. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Yourself, good sir, may be as sightly; Quit but the woods, advised by me: For all your fellows here, I see, Are shabby wretches, lean and gaunt, Belike to die of haggard want. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 National Spirit Numerous herbs, spices, &c. are added to it; and upon the whole, it is a more sightly "course" at table than fat cracklings. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 Its spacious Broadway, lined with stately elms, is one of the most sightly avenues in our land; and some of the superb hotels that front upon it fulfill the American demand for "bigness." Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography I want to show you a rather sightly view,' said Zigler. A Diversity of Creatures “A stately and sightly dame is she, madam,” Peregrine answered, “towering high above her little mynheer, who outwardly excels her in naught save the length of nose, and has the manners of a boor.” A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago They are a very sightly company, those girls. The House of a Thousand Candles I keep it in the sightliest place, where the eye of man can fall on it at first. Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition It was as sightly a country as ever Adam and Eve had to themselves; but it wa'n't home. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 "On what goose has this my tailor fed that he hath grown so sightly!" Ailsa Paige Now the starboard bank of the river grew high and sightly, but on the port side there was only a great waste of marsh. Virginia: the Old Dominion Uncle Sam requires only that the cottages be sightly and the surroundings be kept clean and sanitary. The School Book of Forestry Thus, when she chose to call her largest and least sightly doll the Holy Ghost, the ingenuity of those about her was taxed to rebuke her in ways that would be effective without being harsh. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Of the Congoes and Angolas the Jamaican writers had little to say except that in their glossy black they were slender and sightly, mild in disposition, unusually honest, but exceptionally stupid. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime I might have made a point of that, Ross, if I'd thought in time, and 'hung i' the walls of Venice, a sightly flower.' Not Pretty, but Precious Like the fat troop-horse that looks so sightly on parade, a week's campaigning reduced him to a miserable object--flabby, shrunk, dispirited, and with a sinking heart at least, if not a sore back. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." It was not sightly to the eye, but it was high and exceedingly strong. Desert Gold "Pretty sightly," said Lapham, with a long sign, letting the reins lie loose in his vigilant hand, to which he seemed to relegate the whole charge of the mare. The Rise of Silas Lapham While the structure will be sightly from all sides, on its north will be a great entrance. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert "It is a very sightly evening!" she repeated. Geoffrey Strong Whiskers coloured sightly, but, save a dignified straightening of his shoulders, he showed no other sign that he was conscious of the rude allusion to his copious beard. Tales from Bohemia No manure heaps before the door are seen here, as in Brittany, all is clean and sightly. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne "Yes, it's sightly," said Mrs. Lapham, lifting her hand from the reins, on which she had unconsciously laid it. The Rise of Silas Lapham If these are made well, they are the most sightly of the small cold dishes, and cost almost nothing. Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshments for all Social Affairs "It is a very sightly evening!" said Miss Vesta, in the soft half-voice in which she often talked to herself. Geoffrey Strong Her ankles had long before that grown too sightly to be exhibited. Tales from Bohemia But you will not be surprised to learn that it was not replaced by a more sightly affair until after the Barlows had returned to their city home. Patty Fairfield Yes, sir, it's about the sightliest view I know of. The Rise of Silas Lapham This is the newest and most sightly of salads. Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshments for all Social Affairs Decidedly, the place was what the country people call sightly. A Traveler from Altruria: Romance It's a sightly spot, and they've gone back to the city. Together Yet she and her three or four woman companions face the stormy winds in an out-of-the-way corner, while Poe occupies his honorable sightly place among his fifty or more male companions. Samantha on the Woman Question It's one of the sightliest places in the country, and here's the very spot "--he covered it with his huge forefinger--"where my father found that paint, more than forty--years--ago. The Rise of Silas Lapham Said Tray, politely, 'Yourself, good sir, may be as sightly; Quit but the woods, advised by me. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes While engaged in these, she wore a species of sightly handkerchief like a turban upon her head and about her person those mystical swathings in which old ladies of the African race delight. Suburban Sketches Ay, ye may weep—she was a sightly creature to see to—but think ye, if I didna mourn her then, that I can mourn her now? The Antiquary — Volume 02 It is very sightly, and to all appearances thickly populated, and has a circumference of about fifteen leguas. History of the Philippine Islands There ain't a sightlier place in the world for a house. The Rise of Silas Lapham On one sightly bend near a foaming waterfall some Inca chief built a temple, whose walls tantalize the traveler. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru All three of these last, even in perfection, could not make any book beautiful, or sightly, whose pages had been left narrow-margined and crowded. Bits about Home Matters This is not a sightly object, and the captain had ordered the line to be drawn within the woods, so that the visible boundaries of the open land were the virgin forest itself. Wyandotte It's near about the sightliest place I ever see. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 Yet if you but lifted lightly That mantle of russet brown, She would spring up slender and sightly, In a smoke-blue silken gown. Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study Of course there's beauty all about you--there was never anything more sightly than big Unaka and the ridges that run from it, and the sky, and the big woods--and all. The Power and the Glory Small quantities of fruit that are not sufficiently sightly to put again on the table may be put aside and made into fruit pot-pie. Made-Over Dishes She had started well as a very fine baby, and grown up well into a lovely maiden, passing through wedlock into a sightly matron, gentle, fair, and showing reason. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale "It is a wide and deep water-course, and many sightly towns are there growing on its banks," returned the trapper; "and yet it is but a brook to the waters of the endless river." The Prairie Unlike the Turks, their neighbours, they are a race with a future, and Budapest is from one point of view one of the sightliest capitals of Europe. Without Prejudice Their new location they found to be a sightly one. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim The University up there, on rising ground, sightly place, see the river for miles. The Gilded Age, Part 2. All the tropical fruits flourish, especially the orange; the exotic vegetables are large and sightly, but tasteless and insipid, especially peas and radishes: the indigenous, as tomatoes, are excellent, but the list is small. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Then to Major Murphy: "Nice sightly location that Hill 304; but I noticed real estate going up a good deal in the neighbourhood!" The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me He could have gone on and found within five miles two or three sightlier, healthier spots. The Ivory Trail "Sorrow a know I know, ma'am!" said Mary, who was a new importation—"only, he's a dark, sightly jintleman, as come on a horse." The Kellys and the O'Kellys Improve the house, make it more sightly and convenient, and in most cases you will improve the person who lives in it. Cast Adrift We all thought her more remarkable for her mental attributes than for physical perfection; but, nevertheless, she was, in her own way, a sightly woman. Mrs. General Talboys Yes, Harry is sightly to the eye, though, to my idees, less so to the judgment. The Deerslayer Are the handsome officers still sipping their coffee in the Café Maximilian; and, on sunny days, is the crowd of fashion still streaming down to the Isar, and the high, sightly walks and gardens beyond? The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 2 We all thought her more remarkable for her mental attributes than for physical perfection, but nevertheless she was in her own way a sightly woman. Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners) And after dinner we walked on the high and sightly Durham terrace, and then went to the Scotch church, joined in Scotch singing, and heard a broad Scotch sermon. Gala-days I dashed it over her, that she might see it—feel it; that it might enter all the fair and sightly chambers of her happy life, and make them desolate as mine. John Halifax, Gentleman Harry's sightly—yes, he's as sightly as the tallest pine of the mountains, and the Sarpent has named him accordingly; however, some fancy good looks, and some fancy good conduct, only. The Deerslayer The pillars were decked with lights, spirally disposed, and the seats were covered with fine linen, set off with sightly ribbons. A History of the Moravian Church She felt slightly—oh, very sightly—uneasy about Daisy. The Lodger "Have they more sightly scenes than this nearer the sea and around their large towns?" demanded Pathfinder, with an interest he was apt to discover in such a subject. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea Even the State House, with its great yellow- painted dome, became sightly, and the sunset over the western waters that encompass the city beats all other sunsets that I have seen. 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